New CEO Mark Everson has resigned after six months on the job for having relations with a chapter executive in Mississippi (giving new meaning to Katrina relief). But the Red Cross has made its greatest strides under interim leadership over the last decade, calling into question whether the organization really needs a high profile chief—and whether they can find one.

Product placement in a comic strip puts the focus on a well-promoted online charity venture. But a look at the financial statements suggests that there may be bottlenecks ahead as the organization tries to scale up.

Large and small mergers are steadily cutting the number of United Way organizations in the US, but community fears of losing out in funding allocations are the chief obstacle to administrative streamlining.

A few voices are (re)awakening to the realization that philanthropy is about public relations, not charity. But they aren't yet ready to abandon the myth of an independent third sector or civil society.

He confesses that an anonymous accusation that he fibbed on his résumé was correct and loses a month's pay as punishment. But the nonprofit organization that took over the zoo from the city remains in a fight for its life without an assured funding source.